Example sentences of "work [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements . |
| 2 | I suspected there was a mystery behind his banal description of a parchment-seller born and raised at Nantes in Brittany ; a stationer who knew how to work the new presses from Gutenberg and , for reasons he kept to himself , had moved both his family and business to England . |
| 3 | Such a society could work the traditional institutions of local government enshrined in the fiercely defended regional laws — the fueros . |
| 4 | The directors did n't work the long hours we did ! |
| 5 | They are the dishes invented or popularized by the bargemen of the Rhone and their wives , and by the proprietors of the humble inns and charcuteries who used to cater for the men who worked the inland waterways . |
| 6 | Kalchu 's two brothers , and their wives and children , worked the surrounding plots . |
| 7 | Because you work , you work the long days |
| 8 | In the later work the curving rhythms have given way to a system of verticals and horizontals , broken only by the forty-five degree diagonals of roof-tops and trees . |
| 9 | Other plans in the pipeline at that time included two new cutters , longer and beamier than Venturous , capable of high speeds and suitable for working the stormy waters of the north . |
| 10 | Ease the elbows back , working the upper arms . |
| 11 | But they argue that until enough new units have been funded , provided , and shown to be working the traditional hospitals are better than nothing . |
| 12 | Mistakenly , he thought that the figures he saw high up on the furthest rocks were working the rich secrets of the plumbago or wadd mine . |
| 13 | From there the vans would be collected by the ex-Great Central Railway Fish Dock tankers ( a little outside cylinder 0 — 6 — 0 side tank locomotive of a short-wheel base design for working the tight curves on the docks ) and pushed up the fish jetty for loading with fish for despatch to such places as Leicester and Banbury as part of the express fish train service offered by the railway . |
| 14 | Working the plain rows teaches you something further about lace knitting , the holes have to be isolated by at least one stitch and one row . |
| 15 | The cyclops were charged with the business of forging iron for Vulcan and working the underground quarries , where their singular eye cast light . |
| 16 | you know , just ask them if there 's any more money in it if she works the long hours . |